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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • megalottery_16@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mega lottery" <megalottery_1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:17:18 +0200
Subject: SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

MASTER MEGA-MILLION

LOTTERY

     

SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

... BE NOTIFIED THAT ON

THURSDAY THE 26TH OF JANUARY 2006

 

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS  WAS SELECTED ON THE

 THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW, AS ONE OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.

 

THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING LOTTERY ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS...

 

...MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY

 

THERE WAS A COMPUTER BALLOT WHICH QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF THE SUM OF

 

US$ 2,000,000,00

(TWO MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLAR)

 

FOR MORE ENQUIRIES AND  INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

(MR. MEYER SMUT)

THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION

INFORMATION DEPARTMENT ON EMAIL ADDRESS:

(megalottery_16@hotmail.com)

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET LOTTERY SCAMS, WE COULD NOT EXPOSE YOUR WINNING DETAILS, SO THAT THE SCAMMERS COULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR WINNING INFORMATION.

 

 

FOR YOUR URGENT CLAIM...

 

...CONTACT OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT THEY WILL FURNISH YOU WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBERS, LUCKY DRAW NUMBERS, INSURANCE NUMBERS, REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS, WHICH YOU WILL USE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. 

 

YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT

YOUR CLAIM AGENT IS  

 

 

EAGLE TREASURE SA

 

...WE WILL ALSO FURNISH YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF YOUR CLAIM AGENT, EAGLE TREASURE SA, AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND BY CONTACTING OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT.

 

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU BY:

 

THE CHAIRMAN, LOTTERY ORGANIZER,

 

MR. JABULANI THABO
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION, 
MASTER MEGA-MILLION  LOTTERY.

6115 LILIAN ROAD, FORDSBURG, 2092

P O BOX 906171

MARSHALL TOWN 2107
Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY

 

BRIEF INFORMATION:

 

There was a computer ballot that was organized by the MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY here in South Africa.

 

It was not an individual lotto playing, but the computer itself picked out from all over the world. 

1,000,000 email addresses was selected and picked from the Internet,  so those email addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world, this is called the computer ballot.

 

And 7 email addresses was finally picked out from among the total 1,000,000 email addresses, and out of those 7 email addresses, your email address won on the ballot.

 

You have to note that this program is being sponsured by the FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM, to creat awareness for the coming 2010 world Cup, which is to be host by South Africa.

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